Bail-joint



THEODORE DE LAGE? VIGER, 0F PORT CHESTER, yNEW YORK.

:RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, THEoDonE DE LAGE VIGER, aA citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Port Chester, in the county of YVestchester andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin'Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail joints and its object is to providesimple and effective means for securely connecting the meeting ends ofrailway rails without the employment of the usual bolts, nuts and fishplates.

Another objectl is to provide a joint of this character equipped withmeans for effecting a proper electric connection between the rails andto avoid hammering at the joint.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in Athe details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope4 of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a perspective view of.the rail joint constituting this invention with the parts showndisconnected and arranged in juXta-position ready for assembling,

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the connected railsshowing them riveted together, and

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the electrical connection forthe rail ends.

In the embodiment illustrated two rail ends 1 and 10 are shown, having aconnector 15 arranged between them. The rai-l end 1 has the usual web 2with a bolt hole 3 extending transversely therethrough and the usualbase flanges 4.

The rail end 10 has a recess or socket v11 extending `longitudinallyinward from one end, the lower walls of said socket being fiared asshown at 12, the socket being designed to receive a tongue 16 projectinglongitudinally from one end of the connector or chair member 15. Thistongue 16 has beveled flanges as 17 conforming in shape to the fiare orbevel 12 of the socket 1l and corresponds in height to said socket-Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Junejl, '119199.

v Application filed December 6, 1918. Serial NQ. 265,571.

having, a cap 20 at its upper endsothat when the tonguel 16 is insertedin socketll the `spring will forcethe cap 2O against the Yupper wallofsaid socket 11 and willbear at its lower end against the bottomof'socket 18 and thereby prevent vibratory movement of the parts andalso insure perfect electrical connection between them. V

The other end of the connector 15 has two longitudinally extendinglaterally spaced upright walls 21 and a recess 22 extending laterallybeneath the walls 21 designed to receive the web 2 and the fiange 4 onthe rail end 1. A plate 23 projecting longitudinally in advance of theupright walls 21 of member 15, and on which the fianges 1 of the railend 1 are designed to rest when the parts are assembled is shown clearlyin Figs.

1 and 2. These upright walls 21 have their upper. edges beveleddownwardly and inwardly as shown at 21 to receive the lower faces of thetread of the rail end 1 as is shown clearly in Fig. 2 so that a smoothtight fit between the parts will be assured.

These walls 21 are also provided with registering holes 21 which whenthe rail end 1 is inserted between said walls register with the hole 3to receive connecting rivets 25 for rigidly attaching the connector 15to the rail end 1. While rivets are shown, they obviously may bedispensed with and these parts welded together if found desirable.

From the above description it will be obvious that a rail jointconstructed as described and shown will form a solid rail joint, theparts of which are securely held connected without the use of fishplates, and the coiled spring 19 operates as a cushion to preventhammering at. the joint.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with vtheaccompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains and while I have described theprinciple of operation of the invention together with the devicewhich Inow consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that suchchanges may be made as are Within the scope of the claimed invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto se-v having a socket in its upper face, a coiled sprlng in saidsocket and projecting above the upper face of said tongue, and a cap on'said projecting'spring end to yieldably engage the top Wall of saidrecess. y

'2. A rail joint comprisingtwo rail ends tobe united, one having alongitudinally extending recess opening through one end and through itslower face, a connector for said ends having at one end a longitudinallyextending tongue to enter said recess, a pair of laterally spacedlongitudinally extending fingers at the other end of said connectorspaced apart a dista-nce equal to the thickness of the web of the otherrail end, and adapted to straddle said Web, the upper edges of saidlingers being beveled to lit the under faces of rail end. i

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THEODORE DELAGE VIGER.

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